Gary Barlow speaks about his stillborn daughter and depression

Gary Barlow said he had chosen to speak about the death of his baby to help other bereaved parentsJonathan Brady/PA

Record executives told Gary Barlow to remove any mention of his weight gain from his autobiography as it would upset the fans, the Take That singer said.

Barlow presented his management with his life story 15 years ago, including personal details of his depression and eating disorders, but they refused to publish it.

“I’d written a lot of the detail that was in this book and recorded some very personal things,” he told The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. “I delivered the book and the management went ‘No. you can’t say this. You cannot do this — you’re you. You’ve got an audience that looks up to you.’ So I just took the book back.”

It gave an emotional and detailed account…

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